The Development Guidelines for The Vocational Competency of Secondary Student

Abstract

                 The purposes of this research were to identify: 1) the components of Vocational competency of secondary students and 2) the development guidelines for Vocational competency of secondary students. The sample were 97 basic education schools, Determined  by Taro Yamane sample size table at the confidence level of 90%. The respondents were the School director, the deputy director of academic affairs and the head of career and Technology department, with a total respondent of 291.The instruments used to collect data were interview, opinionnaire and workshop recording form. The statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, exploratory factor analysis, and content analysis. The research findings revealed that:
                 1.  There were seven components of vocational competency of secondary students : 1) morality and ethical competency , 2) analytical thinking competency, 3) self-control competency, 4) information and technology competency , 5) vocational skills competency, 6) teamwork competency, and 7) communication and creative thinking competency.
                 2.  The development guidelines for the 7 vocational competencies of secondary students consisted 135 items as follows: 1) morality and ethical competency: 39 Items, 2) analytical thinking competency: 24 Items, 3) self-control competency: 21 Items, 4) information and technology competency: 15 items, 5) vocational skills competency: 15 Items 6) team work competency: 12 Items, and 7) communication and creative thinking competency: 9 Items